PRELIMINARY data indicates that this event is the 4th wettest tropical cyclone to affect the state of Florida and by far the wettest for east central Florida. A maximum rainfall total of 27.65 occurred 8 miles NW of Melbourne. The previous rainfall record for a tropical cyclone in the region was set in 1950, when Hurricane King dumped 15.44" of rain on Patrick Air Force Base near Cape Canaveral. Hurricane Wilma of 2005 holds third place--it dumped 13.26" on Kennedy Space Center.

The "top ten" list for Florida follows:

Storm Name (Year)

Max Rainfall (ins)

Location

Easy (1950)

38.70

Yankeetown

Georges (1998)

38.46

Munson

Unnamed (1941)

35.00

Trenton

Dennis (1985)

25.56

Homestead

TD 1A (1992)

25.00

Arcadia Tower

Jeanne (1980)

29.48

Key West

Dora (1964)

23.73

Mayo

TD (1969)

23.40

Havana

Unnamed (1924)

23.22

Marcos Island

Bob (1985)

21.50

Everglades City

Alberto (1994)

21.38

Niceville

Below is a map depicting the wind fields of Tropical Storm Fay(Click the map to see a larger version)